Tack puller setter and driver.



F. N. REYNOLDS} TACK FULLER, SEWE AND DRIVER.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 30. I915. v 1,280,549; Patented Oct. 1, 1913.

, ATTORNEY.

ample bulk and weight .for' the purposetre-i quired, that side portion 5 of the head which is facing the operator in use being approxi mately straight, the rear portion 6 of the head being conveniently curved, and a thin handle extends from the head which 00mprises a shank portion 7 that'extends from the rear or thicker portion approximately in alinement with the face -5-and is curved backward, a slightly curved handle portion 8 extendingfrom the portion 7. The curvature of the handle is'such as to permit the use of the large facej5 of the headin some cases asa hammer-face especially during flat and areat right angles to the'face 5. The opposite orworkingpcrtion of the head has a. relatively small hammer face lljthat extends fromthe rear end 6 and on a plane iconvergentlyoto the face 5'toward'-the nose .of the head. The tool has a working face 12 extending obtusely fromthe hammer face .11 toward the working end or nose of the head. -The workingendliasa slot 13 that 85 extends from the nose 2. suitable distance backwardtoward'the plane of the hammer. face 11 so as to leave a pulling claw, the planes of the slot and the face being relatively oblique angled, the slot extending across from one to the other of the sides '9 and 10.; The claw has a slot 14 of uniform .width thereinso as to form two claw fingers .15 and 16 that-extend vforward farther than 'then'ose 17 of the headto be forced under the tack head in-sight of the operator when, pullinga tack. .The nose portion of the head'has a hammer face 18in the slot 13 that faces t o ward the pulling, claw to" engage the front of the tack head when setting the;tack.,-

In practical use the tool is approximately as shown in Figs. .1 and 2 with the points of the claw-fingers 15 and 16 under the ,head' of a tack 2, the. working face 12056 the claw being in contact with the-board 1 sothat the operator may push the head forward and use the claw as a lever whereby to draw the tack, "the angle at; the junction the operator pushing the tool forward as the 1 tack is drawn out so as to catch the tack with its body in" the slot 14 and the head of the tack in the slot 13 in which: position the without the operator being required to turn claimed as new is twilight or by lamp-light when a tack is not clearly visible, thefface being sufficiently large for flattening operations. The-two sides9 and 10 of the head preferably are The 'operatorplaces the card or article to be permitted to descend from connection with the tack. andimmediately operated as a hammer, striking the head of the tack with the hammer face 11, all being accompllshed the tool in his hand or twist his wrlst or arm to any uncomfortable position during the operations. The operator may carry a few new tacks for emergency or may quite conveniently draw a few. tacks from: old cars for emergency use butwill usuallyfind an ample supply of previously applied tacks in the sides of cars. j

Having thus described the inventlon, what 1. Animplement comprising a:m'etallic head that has a greater dimenslon in length than in width and is relatively thicker, ad-

jacentto one end than at the opposite end of the head, said opposite end constituting 90 the, forward portion of the headfand having a long slot extending from one of the narrower and longer sides of the head adjacent to said end and at an acute angle to said slole, the metal of thehead on the opposite side of the slotconstituting a claw. and having a long tack-guiding slot therein, the

head having aflat face on the opposite one of its narrower sides that is relatively shorter-than the other narrower side and is 100 arranged back' of the claw at an [obtuse angle jthereto, theclaw being. on. an acute angle relat vely to the said 0 V the-head, and a handle extendingvfr om the nger side of thicker end portion of the head, whereby to draw a tack and re-set it and also drive the, tack without. turning thev implement,

aboutin the. several operations. .7 w 2. An implement of the charactermdevscribed, comprising a solid metallic head that-has a greater dimension inylengththan inwidthand also inthickness and relatively thicker adjacent to oneend than at I the"opopsite-end ofthe head, said opposite end constituting a nose portion orfront end of the head, said. head having a long face on one of. its narrower sides and a slot'extendiing' from said long face adjacent to said ;front end: at an acute angle to the face, the metal of the head on the oppositeside of the slot constituting a' claw in :which is a long I tack-guiding slot, saidhead having a flat of the faces 11 and 12 affording a fulcrum, f

ace, on the opposite one of its narrower ,sides that is relatively shorter than said face, the rear end of said head being curved on its narrower side, and a handle that is In testimony whereof I affix my signature relatively thlinner than saifil head ald pomin presence of two witnesses.

prisin a s ank ortion t at exten s rom said r ar end witli its front on the plane of FRED REYNOLDS 5 said long face, said handle being curved and Witnesses:

extending back from said plane and toward E. T. SILVIUS,

the plane of said shorter flat face. I MYRTLE MoCoY.

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